Somebody say amen
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Published in The Birmingham News
MARIE SUTTON
Nowadays, if you say the name “the Rev. Jeremiah Wright,” you are likely to get a few eyes to rolling or a couple heads to shaking. Some people believe the fiery Chicago pastor, who called for the damnation of America, has given the “black church” [...]
Mayor Fights Crime With Prayer
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An Alabama mayor invited city residents to put on sacks and ashes and gather for a series of prayer rallies to repent. Photo: Mayor Larry Langford and his wife, Melva.
[05.06.08] An Alabama mayor pulled out an unusual weapon to fight his city’s worsening homicide rate: prayer. Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford invited [...]
We can take our neighborhoods back
Sunday, April 06, 2008
By MARIE SUTTON
Published in The Birmingham News
I would be lying if I said I didn’t get a bit jealous each time I drive by Birmingham-Southern College. The west Birmingham campus, on Arkadelphia Road, sits on 192 acres of endless rows of neatly manicured lawns and buildings made [...]
Brother, Sister, do you know who you are?
An essay as it ran in The Birmingham News on Sunday, July 08, 2007.
MARIE A. SUTTON
Recently, I pulled into the parking lot of my neighborhood grocery store and got really frustrated. A dirty diaper sat near my front tire and a sea of strewn paper and empty fast-food [...]
